Droplets of dew had sprinkled the grass around, glinting in the muted glow of a waxing sun, a sun to have poked over the crescent dip of smokey mountains. It was that familiar early haze blanketing all but the blades of green through which John was gazing, and past the pair of pines to his left - John could make out the other clumps of trees which sparingly speckled the plateau beyond in this waking, muddled world. Yet, it was this lack of detail that brought his imagination to life; there was something to be said about the depths of these rolling hills and what may lie obscured in the mist - perhaps a herd of elk, a sleeping bear, maybe a snaking river here and there. On his haunches, John prepared the camera, knowing he had struck photographic gold in the cradle of these mountains.